College Sports

A football player for Mississippi Valley State University died in a car crash on Friday. Ryan Quinney was 20 years old and a junior linebacker for MVSU. The student was fleeing from the Mississippi Highway Patrol on Friday night, according to Yazoo County Coroner Ricky Shivers and as reported by WAPT. The car chase continued

Howard University inducted its men’s soccer team from 1974 into its athletics hall of fame. The HBCU organized celebratory events over the weekend to pay homage to the team’s historic victory and undefeated season. “I knew it was something big, but now that I look back on it, I don’t think I realized just how

Morehouse College and Tuskegee University are bringing their historic Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rivalry to a bigger stage. On Thursday, the NBA announced that the two HBCUs will compete in the 2025 NBA HBCU Classic during the NBA All-Star Weekend in San Francisco. The game will take place on Feb. 15 at Oakland Arena. “When

The University of South Florida basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim has died at age 43 after facing complications from a medical procedure. USF athletic director Michael Kelly announced the tragic news in a statement, saying the beloved coach was “authentic, driven, and his infectious personality captivated all of Bulls Nation.” “Coach Abdur-Rahim leaves a lasting impact

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has added a new sport, with seven CIAA-member institutions scheduled to launch women’s flag football programs in spring 2025.  Per CIAA, the initiative includes the following universities:  Bluefield State University  Bowie State University  Claflin University  Fayetteville State University  Johnson C. Smith University  Virginia Union University  Winston-Salem State University  Additionally, the new venture aligns with the

Tylee Craft, a wide receiver at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, has died of cancer. His team announced the sad news on Saturday. “We just heard that we lost Tylee Craft this morning,” head coach Mack Brown said in a postgame news conference following a game against Georgia Tech. “What a difficult thing to

Several players on the men’s lacrosse team at Tufts University have been hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscle injury. The team participated in a 45-minute workout session on Sept 16, which a Navy SEAL-trained university graduate led. As of Friday, five players were still hospitalized, according to Tufts University’s media relations director Patrick Collins, the